I don't think what you're doing is expected to work.
*ansible_ssh_private_key_file* is the path to a private key file used by
ssh. That you happen to point it at a file in *{{inventory_dir}}/group_vars*
doesn't somehow make ssh able to decrypt ansible-vault encrypted files.
On Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 7:15:34 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote:
> I'm using in inventory/group_vars/all.yaml:
> ....
> *ansible_ssh_private_key_file: '{{inventory_dir}}/group_vars/path/to/key'*
>
> This Key is working well when it's plain text
> When I encrypt the file with ansible-vault, i get the error:
>
>
>
> * Load key
> "/home/user/projects/ansible/inventory/group_vars/path/to/key": invalid
> format root @ SOME_IP: Permission denied (publickey,password).
> unreachable: true*
>
> I am using $*ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE *to decrypt everything without
> asking for password.
> I have other encrypted secrets in all.yaml that get decrypted.
>
> What am I missing ?
>
> Thanks!
>
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